Overalls



Dec, 27, 19270 H; J. BRADLEY OVERALLS Filed Feb. 26, 1927 [1V VENT 054ATTORNE Patented Dec. 27, 1927. p v

UNITED STATES HARRY J. BRADLEY, JOHNSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA.

OVERALLS.

Application filed February 26, 1927. Serial No. 171,181.

The present invention relates to overalls and more particularly to theknee construction thereof.

, It is well known in the art to reinforce the knee portion of overallsand like garments, and hence the present. invention is designed only asan improvement to fill a special need and afford the wearer greatercomfort and convenience, and likewise increase the longevity ofthe'garment.

A particular object of the present invention is to laminate the kneeportions of the overalls with water, oil and moisture-proof material,which will not unduly encumber the overalls and will positively protectthe undergarments and skin of the wearer from contact with any moisture,and will also serve as an insulator .against heat and cold, making thegarment desirable for use by any class of artisans, laborers and thelike.

Other objects and additional advantages of the invention will beapparent from the specification but it is of special importance that thelamination be flexible and durable but nonabsorbent and the degree offlexibility limited to the laminations in their en tirety and notsuceptible of flexure in different parts of the body of the laminations.

Fig. 1 is a front elevational view of a pair of overalls constructed inaccordance with the present invention, a portion of the top part of thegarment being removed;

Fig. 2 is a detail fragmentary longitudinalsectional view of an overallleg constructed in accordance with the present invention, and

Fig. 3 is a detail fragmentary transverse sectional view taken throughthe knee portion of a pair of overalls constructed in accordance withthe present invention.

Overalls constructed in accordance with the presentinvention may employthe usual body portion 4 with depending legs 5 to each of which latteris attached the reinforced knee construction of the present invention.

It is the intent of the present invention to associate with the front ofeach leg portion 'of the overalls a strip or flap 6 made of the samematerial as the overalls. The inner marginal edge of the strip is sewedfrom the waist portion of the garment to a point appreciably below theknee zone of the leg 5 to said leg portion as indicated at 7. A portionof the upper outer corner of each strip is removed to permit access tobe gained beneath the flap. The outer marginal edge of each strip isalsosecured to its leg portion, as indicated at 8, while the up erterminal is secured near the waist of t e garment. At a pointapproximately the crotch of the garment the strip is sewed to the leg asindicated at 9, thereby providing a pocket into which access is gainedat the point 10.

Interposed between the lower terminal of each strip 6 and the legportion of the overall is a laminated pad 11 which, in the pres entlnstanee consists of relatively thin canvas sheets which may be quiltedto the strip, as indicated at 12, or otherwise secured thereto. Thelower end of each strip is free from the overall leg so that access. maybe gained beneath the pad 11, if desired.

Especial attention is directed to the fact that the lower marginal edgeof each strip is extended around the lower end of the pad, as indicatedat 13, and engaged with the inner face of the latter, to which it issecured by stitching. In this way it is seen that dust, moisture, etc.,will be prevented from finding its way between the laminations of thepad, in addition to whichthe lower end of the pad is held compactlytogether without the possibilit of same disintegrating or threads thereoprojecting below the strip.

It has been found in actual use that the device of the present inventionprovides a knee ad for attachment to garments which 'afi'or s the wearergreat convenience and comfort in addition to vary materially increasingthe life of the garment.

It is the essence of importance in the present invention that the pad beconstructed of superimposed sheets of canvas or similar material whichwill flex under pressure and which is not bulky or cumbersome. The

present pad, in actual use, is relatively thin,

the actual thickness being approximately one-eighth of an inch. Thispad, notwithstanding the fact that it is relatively thin, 'will preventthe seepage of moisture there- 'through and will serve to insulate thebody of the wearer from heat and cold, this being desirable by variousartisans, some of whom 'are compelled to work while in a kneelingposture on a cold surface and others in a similar posture on a hotsurface.

While I have described the present preferred form of the invention andsome of its made therein within the scope of the claim portion of eachstrip and the leg of the overhereto appended. alls comprising a seriesof superimposed can- 10 a What I claim is: I vas sheets secured to thestrip, the lower end Overalls including leg portions, each of of thelatter beingreversel folded around 5 which is equipped with a.superposed strip, and secured .to the lower en of the pad. I

the upper portion of each of sad strips loe- In testimony whereof Iaflixmy signature. ing secured to the overalls to provide a pocket, a. padinterposed betweenthe lower a HARRY J; BRADLEY.

